• Member Institutions

• Chapel of the Good Shepherd
• Chester-Upland Citizens for Educational Progress
• Drexel Hill United Methodist Church
• Interfaith Housing Development Corporation of Bucks County
• Jenkintown Borough
• Lansdowne Borough *
• Millbourne Borough
• Nether Providence
• Norristown Municipality
• Or Hadash
• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Organizational Development and Leadership Program
• Pottstown Borough
• Presbytery of Philadelphia
• The Garden Church
• Upper Darby Township *
• Wallingford Presbyterian Church
• William Penn School District
• Willow Grove NAACP
• Yeadon Borough *
• Yeadon Civic Association
* denotes that entity is also a founding member



• Founding Co-Sponsors

  The SEPA First Suburbs Project has emerged due to the efforts and support of its founding sponsors. These founding sponsors include:
  • Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
  • Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Policy
  • Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
  • Good Schools Pennsylvania
  • Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center of Bryn Mawr College
  • Pennsylvania Environmental Council
  • Ursinus College
  • SEIU 32-BJ
  • SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania
  • 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania

About Us

The Southeastern Pennsylvania First Suburbs Project is a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation that is seeking federal tax status as a 501(c)(3) organization.

The Project emerged out of discussions by leaders from the older, developed suburbs of Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties, who recognize that their communities face common challenges.

The Project's name is taken from a Brookings Institution study, "One-Fifth of America: A Comprehensive Guide to America's First Suburbs," which explains these common challenges nationwide.

Institutional Membership

The First Suburbs Project is in the process of securing institutional members, such as boroughs and townships, faith-based organizations, policy groups and other institutional and community groups that are based in the developed suburbs of Southeastern Pennsylvania.

How to Contact Us

SEPA First Suburbs Project
P.O. Box 1246
Lansdowne, PA 19050
Email: firstsuburbsproject (at) gmail dot com
Phone: 267-977-9654